Good read!

 
Pfft
 
I much preferred the humorous and maniacal jazz/prog/samba fusion musical stylings of his midget hunchback brother William Hillary Phillip Dillon....
 
Better known, of course, by his nickname - 'Lil Bill Hill Phil Dill 'Camel' Hammill.
 
Boy, what a mouthful he was.
 
Of course, as my knowledge is so superior, I don't expect many of you Coffee House forum people will have heard of him.
 
His classic second album "I Will Chill Until I Kill Jill At The Mill On The Hill" sold an incredible three copies in just the first fourteen years after it was released in 1974. All of which I bought. I think the main problem with the disappointing sales was that the entire rest of the population of the world, other than me, thought that it was complete bag of overblown pretentious sh1te.
 
Another problem with the release was the enormous amount of bootleg tapes that were doing the rounds at the time. All of which I recorded. Who can ever forget that incredibly stupid playing mistake he made at Bob's Country Bunker on 16th April 1973 when, during the third Balalaika solo in Dromedary Blues in F#m (aka I've got the right hump with you Sonny Jim) he accidentally plucked a Bb instead of an A and everyone went home happy for a change. I still laugh like a drain every time I think of that.
 
Also, I'll bet none of you plebs even remember Peter's other brother Mark, who, in my condescending opinion, should have at least been nominated for an Oscar for his incredibly moving and totally right-on performance in Return Of The Jedi.
 
Oh Mark, you were so robbed
'Twas Oscars night when I sobbed
Your portrayal of Skywalker was cool
Hand Luke a gong he's not a fool
Obi Wan said "Use the force"
Now ol' Luke's hung like a horse
Princess Leia wept though she loved another
Just as well, she nearly shagged her brother
You couldn't wank, it wasn't grand
When Vader's sabre sliced off your hand
But you pulled through and then got past it
Eventually looking under Darth's massive helmet
"I am your father" said dear old Annakin
"And when I'm talking son please stop your wankin"
Yoda died and went to heaven
I hope he's back in Episode VII
 
 
 
 
 
 

Speaking of podiatrists Straummy. Did you catch the last post in that pathetic 7 post fred (maybe that's a FSF for that forum)?
 
I would like to add something to Jean's little German lesson which is not related to Hammill at all. In the English language there is no "ä", "ö" or "ü", so what some people who don't speak German but want to write a German word which contains one of these letters often do is simply drop the dots on top. You can't do this; you might arrive at a totally different meaning!

Some examples:

The verb "münden" means "to flow into something", "to end in something", like for example "Die Elbe mündet in die Nordsee" ("The Elbe flows into the North Sea"). The verb "munden" means "tasting good to someone", like for example "Der Pudding mundet mir" I"The pudding is tasty for me").

"Achtung" does not only mean "attention" in German, it also means "respect", "regard" or "esteem". The adjective "geachtet" means ""respected". "Ächtung" however means almost the opposite: "ostracism", "condemnation", "outlawing", and the adjective "geächtet" means ""ostracized" or "outlawed"-

"Ätzung" means "cauterization", "etching", "Atzung" is either "the feeding of young birds" or "the food for young birds", especially birds of prey, and is sometimes figuratively used for "food", for example in Kurt Tucholsky's novel "Schloss Gripsholm" (English title "Castle Gripsholm").

"Hören" means "Hearing", "Horen" are either "Goddesses of time" in Greek mythology or "hourly prayers" in liturgy.

"Bewährung" means "parole" or "probation", "Bewahrung" means "keeping" or "protection", as in "Bewahrung alter Sitten und Bräuche" ("protection of old customs and traditions").

These are just a few examples; I could give a lot more. So what you do if you don't have "ä", "ö" or "ü" on the keyboard is writing "ae", "oe" or "ue" instead. This will avoid confusion; it is a common and accepted method if you lack those keys on your keyboard.

Sorry for that rant, but it is something I had wanted to say for a long time because I see that mistake (the simple dropping of the dots without adding an "e") so very often.

Oh my lots to think about der bapu

When we print on shirts we use Scarlet Read.

craigb

bapu
When we print on shirts we use Scarlet Read.

Do you make a lot of the letter "Am" (for "Am A Arse" naturally)?

Straummified.

jamesg1213
'Still Life' was one of my favourite albums when it came out. Sounds pretty good now actually. 'Godbluff' was excellent too. Not surprised a lot of punk rockers cited PH as an influence, he certainly 'goes for it'. I found 'World Record' a bit disappointing so lost interest after that.

I like better his solo albums, and they might not be 100% excellent, but they always have several pieces that stand out. "Silent Corner and Empty Space" is one of the strongest, and I also like "Skin", and specially "Over" which has at least 4 pieces that are outstanding. "Out of Water" has one of my favorite rock pieces ever, though most think it is stupid. It's called "A Way Out", and it is, in the end, a simple love song! And it's so true, specially for us male-induced **** in this society, and sometimes, the overbearing idiocy in so many posts, to prove one's manhood!